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Examples Of Suicidal Depression In Catcher In The Rye

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The book “The Catcher in the Rye” is about a teenager named holden who is depressed and says he wants to kill himself because no one likes him or no one wants to hangout with him. The reader diagnoses holden with suicidal depression because he is always depressed and wants to kill himself and talks about it all the time. The first reason that the reader diagnosed holden with suicidal depression is He tried to kill himself. One way holden has suicidal thoughts in the book states, ”Everybody was asleep or out or home for the weekend, and it was very,very quiet and depressing in the corridor. […] All of a sudden, I decided what I'd really do, I'd get the hell out of Pencey – right that same night and all. I mean not wait till Wednesday or anything. I just didn't want to hang around any more. It made me too sad and lonesome. […] Besides, I sort of needed a little vacation. My nerves were shot. They really were”. (7.58 J.B Salinger). Throughout the story holden had many …show more content…

That depressed me. I hate it if I'm eating bacon and eggs or something and somebody else is only eating toast and coffee. (15.17 J.B Salinger)”.The quote from the book shows how holden gets depressed by the littlest thing that are not even about him. In the article (“Understanding”) The author states,”unexplained aches or pains, often feel irritable or angry for no reason, or cry at the drop of a hat -- you could be depressed. Unfortunately people who get mad and snap over little things have one of the worst types of depression which could be very serious and dangerous to others”[Unknown]. The article (“Understanding”) Holden relates because Holden gets mad about everything little and gets overangured time to time in the

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